“Diet tip: Crying helps shed unwanted water weight”

People starting a new diet often seek to reduce water weight. A joke has it that the new dieters can lose that water weight by crying that they’re on a new diet.
 
“The only weight you will lose during a diet is water weight. From your tears from crying and being miserable”  was posted on X/Twitter by Rachel Coleman, MFT on May 5, 2015. “Crying helps you lose water weight” was posted on Reddit—Shittylifehacks on July 9, 2017. “Diet tip: Crying helps shed unwanted water weight” was posted on X/Twitter by Herbivore on January 1, 2018. “The first 10lbs you lose after starting a diet is mostly water weight from all the crying” was posted on X/Twitter by Not Today Eric on August 22, 2026.
 
 
X/Twitter
Allison Allen
@allisonleigh14
“@OnlineAlison: Diet tip: if u r on a budget, forget the gym, crying helps u lose .0000678lbs of water weight a day.” @sydneyrebecca95
7:45 PM · Sep 10, 2014
 
X/Twitter
Rachel Coleman, MFT
@RachelCMFT
“The only weight you will lose during a diet is water weight. From your tears from crying and being miserable”
@Etribole @IntuitiveEat
5:16 PM · May 5, 2015
 
X/Twitter
baby fish mouth
@INTERNET_ROMI
I’m on that diet where you lose all your water weight by crying every day.
11:17 PM · Sep 28, 2015
 
Reddit—Shittylifehacks
u/C5Jones—July 9, 2017
Crying helps you lose water weight.
 
Facebook
Elizabeth Williams
November 16, 2017 at 5:19 PM ·
Why diet to lose water weight, when you could just sit at your desk and cry?
   
X/Twitter
Herbivore
@ericbove
Diet tip: Crying helps shed unwanted water weight.
1:31 AM · Jan 1, 2018
 
X/Twitter
Pip Robinson
@pipparobinson96
“You’ll lose weight on any strict diet, but it will mostly be water weight from all the crying”
CAN CONFIRM
5:08 PM · Oct 3, 2018
   
Reddit—EDAnonymous
u/rocketquids—May 26, 2019
hopefully crying gets out water weight
 
Facebook
Allison Elizabeth
May 6, 2022 at 11:37 PM
Yeah, you’ll lose weight on a super strict diet..
Mostly water weight from all the tears 😭😂 check my page!
#Eatthecookie #snapback
 
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Not Today Eric
@NotTodayEric
The first 10lbs you lose after starting a diet is mostly water weight from all the crying.
8:44 AM · Aug 22, 2026
 
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Not Today Eric
@NotTodayEric
The first few pounds you lose when you start working out is mostly water weight from all the crying.
8:44 PM · Sep 5, 2026